Overall rank by patents
#4,401
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 81 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #4,401 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 81 patents across 27 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R4401 · US Corporation #4,401 · 81 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Seattle Children's Hospital (±0 grants)
Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Confluent · near
45 score
Firestone Building… · near
45 score
Integrity Implants · near
45 score
THE Watt Stopper · this assignee
45 score
Zipline International · near
45 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.
THE Watt Stopper, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 63% of grants classified under H05B (Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, THE sits between Seattle Children's Hospital and Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH.
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE Watt Stopper, Inc. moved from 26 to 19 grants (0.73x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Seattle Children's Hospital
81 patents
Sercomm Corporation
81 patents
Sheltered Wings, Inc.
81 patents
Surpass Industry Co., Ltd.
81 patents
Tahoe Research, Ltd.
81 patents
The Esab Group, Inc.
81 patents
Volterra Semiconductor LLC
81 patents
Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH
81 patents
THE Watt Stopper, Inc.
81 patents
What this shows THE holds 81 patents at rank #4,398, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #4,398 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in THE's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for THE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.2 here).
THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 1.2% |
| 2016 | 9 | 11.1% |
| 2017 | 13 | 16.0% |
| 2018 | 9 | 11.1% |
| 2019 | 12 | 14.8% |
| 2020 | 9 | 11.1% |
| 2021 | 5 | 6.2% |
| 2022 | 6 | 7.4% |
| 2023 | 7 | 8.6% |
| 2024 | 6 | 7.4% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 4.9% |
Top 15 of 27 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#4,401
of 49,997 tracked assignees
44.6 out of 100
What to do with this data
THE Watt Stopper, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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